I got me a problem

[LeftyFingerPop]

You see, I start these threads, and then they maybe get 10 or 12 responses, and die. Very unusual. Either that, or they drop like a stone.

So here's my prayer...

O8)

Dear thread God...

How's about ya maybe think about letting my fucking threads get some more responses. Thanks a lot thread god. O8)

[TOhioLiberal]

1. Say one for me too...

...'cause mine sink like the stones they are. I thought I could at least give yours a kick. :hi::hug:

[LeftyFingerPop]

2. Hey thanks!

:hi: :hug:

[SPKrazy]

3. as the intercessor...

tell van all about it

:D

[LeftyFingerPop]

4. Oh man...Tupelo Honey...

one of the greatest love songs ever written.

You know what? I have someone I would like to sing that to.

Thanks SPK.

[SPKrazy]

5. I am glad you do...

;)

I just might ...

well it's a great love song :)

no doubt about that...

I found some lyrics that have the "lost verses" in them. Check them out below.

Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey lyrics

Artist: Van Morrison

You can take all the tea in china
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right around the seven oceans
Drop it straight into the deep blue sea
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can’t stop us on the road to freedom
You can’t keep us ’cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor bent on chivalry
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You can’t stop us on the road to freedom
You can’t stop us ’cause our eyes can see
Men with insight, men in granite
Knights in armor intent on chivalry
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

You know she’s alright
You know she’s alright with me
She’s alright, she’s alright (she’s an angel)

You can take all the tea in china
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail it right around the seven oceans
Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
Because she’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like honey from the bee

She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
She’s an angel of the first degree
She’s as sweet as tupelo honey
Just like the honey, baby, from the bee
She’s my baby, you know she’s alright.....

A posting to the van mailing list may/96 notes the existence of a "lost verse" to this song, here transcribed from a performance on the van morrison in ireland concert video:


There’s a rose pressed inside a bible
That she reads on the balcony
She’s sweet in slumber and I’ve got her number
For the beginning of the century.

Van list member art siegel comments in nov/97 that "i don’t think the rose in the Bible is a true ’lost verse’, but rather one that van added to his live performances years after the origin
Here is, though, a true ’lost verse’ which is in the original sheet music:"

I’ll tell a tale of old manhattan
Adirondack bus to go
Standing waiting on my number
And my number’s gonna show.

The dusty springfield cover version on the van morrison songbook cd has a variant of this:

I heard a tale of old manhattan
I’ve never been there but I want to go
Standing waiting on my number
And my number’s gonna show.

[LeftyFingerPop]

6. ahhhh....

Thank you. I love reading lyric variants, and these are good.

[elshiva]

13. I love Van Morrison thank you.

[krispos42]

7. Obviously, your thread needs more cowbell!

[Critters2]

8. Me, I kill threads.

Threads and houseplants. I'm like the DU thread Grim Reaper.

It's one of the few things I do really well.

[TOhioLiberal]

9. Kicking...

...'cause I hate to see a good thread die. :hi::rofl:

[MorningGlow]

10. How 'bout I share a little thread magick with you

I was a thread killer for weeks, but I broke my jinx with the last one I started (movies you watch every time you catch them on cable)--ran to more than 100 responses. So *prang* smack-onna-head with the magick wand. May your threads now flourish! So Mote It Be! :hi:

[Critters2]

17. Mote?

:shrug:

[MorningGlow]

27. "May"

It's the way witches end an affirmation, petition, or spell--our version of "amen"--"So Mote (May) It Be". Also replaceable with "selah", "amen", and, if you're a Battlestar Galactica fan, "So say we all." :hi:

[The Straight Story]

11. And the Lord spake unto me in a booming voice:

Kick that thread or your ass is going straight to hell!

[mzteris]

12. that's 10 or 12 more than I usually get.

But what the heck.

I think this is 12 for ya.

We'll see what happens next.

(Though I warn you, I'm a threadkiller!)

[elshiva]

14. Dear philboy may God bless you.

You are a wonderful human being and God loves you. He's not punishing you. There is a lot of factors in what makes a thread thrive or not thrive. Usually, it's not your fault, it's just the variables of who is posting at what minute and what sort of mood they are in.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

15. I'm dead tired, medicated, and going to bed.

But I couldn't go to bed without responding to this thread first. :)

I hope you had a pretty good weekend. May this week be short and pleasant.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. You're suffering from TD

Threadectile Dysfunction.

Ask your doctor about "Wingardium Leviosa".

[Critters2]

18. !

:spray:

[elshiva]

19. Dr. GoddessOfGuinness I have Threadectile Dysfunction.

Should I take Wingardium Leviosa?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Give it a try; but if your threads stay up for more than 18 hours

stop treatment immediately! :D

[elshiva]

21. But I'm a woman, Doctor.

What medical school did you go to anyway? :silly:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Women have threads too...

It's just that they're on the inside.

[elshiva]

24. So, Doctor, should I tie my tubes and be done with it?

[Dark]

22. Just post something criticizing Hillary, Barack or Edwards.

Then watch the sparks fly.

:evilgrin:

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. Post that Hillary breastfed Obama at the Olive Garden

while Edwards ran around screaming and no one shut him up.

WON'T THE DEMOCRAT PARTY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS CANDIDATES??

that should be fun

[lady raven]

25. Hi!

I don't have anything clever to say at the moment, but I'll add one more to the thread just by saying hello.

[Skittles]

26. you want I should kick some non-responsive ass, philboy?

JUST SAY THE WORD MY SWEET

[MissMillie]

28. you get a whole 12 responses???

that's a boon!

[Ellen Forradalom]

29. Maybe we should call ourselves Deadthreads

Smoke a lot of dope, wear tie-dye, and follow Democratic candidates on the campaign trail in our VW buses.

[Parche]

30. Thread

This message will self destruct in 6.9 minutes...............:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi::hi:

[Dr. Strange]

31. Locking

I'm locking this thread--just to annoy philboy and give him a persecution complex!

[LeftyFingerPop]

33. Unlocking

:rofl: :rofl: